This author, also known by the pen name Lian Hearn, is celebrated for her intricate and affecting stories aimed at young readers. Her works frequently delve into themes of identity, family, and finding one's place in the world, all wrapped in compelling narratives. With a keen eye for detail and a profound understanding of human psychology, she crafts unforgettable characters and worlds that resonate long after the final page. Her writing is lauded for its sensitivity and its ability to connect with readers of all ages.
A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.
Takeo, désormais hériter du puissant Clan des Otori, s'est engagé à rejoindre les rangs criminels de la Tribu, reniant ainsi son éducation pacifique, abandonnant ce qui lui revient de droit, territoire, fortune et pouvoir, renonçant aussi à son amour pour Kaede. Mais la Tribu peut-elle éloigner Takeo de son destin ? Le chemin qu'il choisit le conduira au paroxysme du danger, de l'épreuve et du sacrifice, au cœur des montagnes glacées du Pays du Milieu. Kaede, pion utile dans le jeu des seigneurs de la guerre, devra quant à elle mettre en œuvre toute son intelligence, sa beauté et sa ténacité pour s'imposer dans le monde des hommes tout-puissants et garder son précieux secret. Alors que tombent les premières neiges, Takeo et Kaede poursuivent leur quête au cœur d'un Japon féodal cruel et magnifique. Leur amour survivra-t-il à la guerre et la haine, aux alliances promises ou rompues ? Une histoire inoubliable où palpite la passion, où sourd la violence, où la beauté saisit toute chose.
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary, preternatural skills. When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And, with this knowledge, he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floor—and to his own unimaginable destiny...
